Modi Confronts Unprecedented Political Turmoil

Despite the deployment of over 10,000 security personnel last week, young protesters in India breached barricades, raised anti-government slogans, and clashed with police. One young protester shouted ‘Inquilab Zindabad’ before being forcibly pushed into a bus. This growing instability presents the biggest crisis for PM Narendra Modi since 2014, in a nation where Continue Reading

India’s Supreme Court Rules Scheduled Caste Hindus Converting To Islam Lose Reservation Benefits

In a significant judgment, the Supreme Court of India ruled that individuals converting to Islam from Hindu Backward Classes, Most Backward Classes, or Scheduled Caste communities cannot automatically claim reservation benefits as a ‘Backward Class’. A bench comprising Justice Prashant Kumar Mishra and Justice Shree Chandrashekhar upheld the Madras High Court’s Continue Reading